Press council sensitises journalists on 2015 elections

Ahead of the forthcoming general elections in February, the Nigerian Press Council (NPC) is organizing capacity building programmes for journalists in the six geo-political zones in the country.

The council, which is holding the 6th edition in Lagos state, organized the workshop to prepare members of the press on the effective coverage and reportage.

With the theme: “ethical conduct and effective coverage of 2015 elections by the media”, the council aims at strengthening the capacity of the media using the code of professional conducts.

The key objective of the zonal workshops is to train journalists in both print and broadcasting organisations in best practices for election reporting, sensitizing them on ethical principles guiding election reporting and coverage a deliberate means of entrenching democracy and by extension good governance in Nigeria.

The workshop is in support of the Democratic Governance for Development Project (GDD) of the United Nations Development Programme.